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D. M. THOMSON TICKET PRINTING MACHINE 5 Sheets-sheet 1 Filed May 29, 1953 V mm -mmm

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Patented Sept. 17, 1935 UNlTEE vSTATES PATENT orties 2,014,707 'rronlrr PRINTING MACHINE Donald M. Thomson, Los Angeles, Calif. Application May 29, 1933, Serial No. 673,351

`19 Claims.

This invention relates to ticket printing machines, and has for an object to provide an improved type of printing apparatus especially designed for printing an entire ticket for use in transportation and the like, which said ticket, when so printed, will include in its printing the destination to whichv the ticket is issued, a serial number, the date of issue, and will also simultaneously print a predetermined designation upon an audit strip, which is removed independently of the ticket.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved ticket printing machine which will include a rotatable drum having a plurality of 4 designation slugs slidable radially therein and held normally within slots provided in the drum, and with means for projecting any one ci said slugs selectively on radial line into register with a printing face so that said slug shall become a part of the form from which the ticket is printed.

A furtherY object of the invention is to provide a ticket printing machine having a manually rotatable drum carrying a plurality of destination slugs slidable radially in radial slots in the drum, means for projecting the selected slug from its normal position to register withV the type face of the printing form, to ink the form with the destination slug in position and toy print from said form a ticket including the matter upon said l form, as well as a serial number and date, all

at a single motion of a lever or other actuating means. l v Y A further object of the invention is to provide `in aV ticket printing machine a manually rotatable head having a plurality of radial Vslots formed therein with slugs mounted within'said slots, and means to Vnormally maintain all of said slugs out of printing position, 'said means being yieldableV tothe projection of any one slug selec; tively. 1 Y Y l The invention, therefore, comprises .a xed printingY form carried upon a vertically movable head accompanied by a numbering Vhead `and a dater, said device being provided with adru'mV rotatable manually to selectively position a destination slug, an inking mechanism adapted to ink the form, and actuating means adapted to depress the selected slug into register with the type face of the form, to ink `thejform, including the slug, and depress the form into .printing position at a single motion of the actuating mech'-,

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The drawings illustrate an embodiment V`of the invention andthe views therein areas follows:

(Cl. 10i-69) Vof the housing removed,

Figure 4 isa detail sectional view showing one of the slugs depressed to printing position,

Figure is a vertical sectional view, as` indicated by line 5-5 of Figure 4, l0

Figure 6 is a view of the printing form with all parts inprinting position, and

Figure 7 is a detail view of the inker operating mechanism.

Like characters of reference indicate correl5 sponding parts throughout the several Views.

In theY preferred form of the ticket printing device, as disclosed in the drawings, a base l@ is employed; Erected upon this base l@ are uprights Il. A housing l2 is mounted upon the 20 uprights by means of links I3 by which parallel relation between the uprights and the housing is maintained.

The housing'is normally spaced away from the base, and this is provided by springs lli in 25 the specific disclosure, but it is to be understood that any means for accomplishing the purpose is within the scope of the invention.

' Thebase contains a bed i5 upon which a ticket is laid for printing and the printing form, espe- 30 cially shown at Figure 6, is immediately above this bed so that the ticket upon the bed is en gaged by the for-m; Y

This printing form `comprises the two sections Il and i8. ldesirable to mount these separately upon the housing, by any approved means, as the screws i9, but it is to be understood that division is merely `a convenience and the matter of attachment is 'I'his slug is designed to be a cast line of type, 504 Ybut provided with perforations 25 with a spring band 26 threaded through these perforations, and holding all of said slugs yieldinglyV within the circumference of the drum.

Thus in position, the drum may be freely rol At the present time, it is thought 35 tated manually by the use of the knurled head 21, or in any approved manner. Each of these slugs 24 is designed to be provided with a type face of a station designation, as indicated more particularly at Figure 6, and the interim between the slots may be provided with corresponding designations, which will be visible to the operator through an opening 28 in the housing, as shown more particularly at Figures 2 and 3, it being understood, of course, that the designation appearing through the opening 28 will correspond to the slug which is in position for cooperation with the printing form.

Mounted also upon the shaft 20 are a pair` of sleeves 29 and 30 to Which are rigidly or integrally attached a pair of levers 3 I. These levers preferably unite in some manner, adjacent to -their extremities and are provided with a manual engaging member 32, as shown at Figure 1.

Carried by the sleeves 29 and 30 are also a pair of cams 33 and 34 so that as the levers 3| are moved in the direction indicated by the arrow at Figure 1, the cams are rst moved in the direction indicated by the arrow at Figure 3. The two cams engage rollers 35 and 36 which are carried upon bars 31 and 38.

In normal or inactive position, the bars 31 and 38 are located immediately above the slug which is located immediately above the printing form. The rotation of the cams, however, in the direction shown by the arrow at Figure 3, causes the cams to depress the twov bars 31 and 38 to the position shown at Figures 4 and 5, whereby one of the slugs is projected by the yielding of the spring band 26, as shown at Figure 4, to the position shown at that gure and Figure 5. In this position the type face of the slug is in plane with the balance of the form so that the entire form is then as shown at Figure 6, and is in position for printing.

The inking of the form is carried out by an inking organization, which comprises a fount 39 carried within an offset 40 from the housing l2. This fount is removable for replenishing and cleaning and is provided with one or more ducts 4| in one side and adjacent the bottom.

A roller 42 is mounted to rotate in engagement with the fount 39 and to close the duct 4|. A second roller 43 engages the roller 42 and an inking roller 44 engages the roller 43.

Rigidly connected or integral with the levers 3| are radially extending members 45 and 46 which carry flanges 41 and 48. At Figure '1 a detail of this is shown and the flange 41 has an inturned edge 49 which is struck upon an are from the center of the shaft 20 and engages a grooved roller 59 rigidly connected with the roller 42. This grooved roller 50 carries a ratchet 5| and a disk 52 which is provided with a pawl 53.

The rst movement of the levers 3|, therefore, not only move the cam 34, but likewise move the members 45 and 46 and with the member 45 in frictional engagement with the roller 50, rotates the roller 42, which through frictional engagement rotates also the rollers 43 and 44.

The roller 42 taking up ink from the duct 4|, therefore, transfers it to the inking roller 44, a ductor roller 54 being mounted in engagement with the roller 42.

For `the purpose of regulating the amount of ink delivered from the fount 39 to the roller 42, a spring 40 is provided with an adjusting screw 40 for Varying the tension on the spring, and, therefore, the compression of the fount against the roller 42.

The ductor roller is controlled by a bell crank lever 55 and a tension screw 56. Mounted loosely upon the shaft 2U are also plates 51 and 58. Extensions 59 and 60 are mounted upon these plates 51 and 58 and provided for compensatory movement by springs 6|. This provides that the inking roller 44 may move over the type form and make proper contact therewith at all points.

The inking roller is moved by adjustable stops 62 and 63 which are carried by the members 45 and 46 and make engagement with the plates 51 and 58 after the several rollers have been actuated in the manner described so that the continued movement of the levers 3| in the direction indicated, to a further position, move the inking roller 44 across the form.

Further movement of the levers 3| make engagement with the adjustable stops 64 and 65, which are rigidly connected with the housing |2 so that the engagement of this lever with the stops depresses the housing carrying therewith the now properly inked form to make engagement with the ticket supported upon the bed.

At 66 in Figure 6 will be noted a multi-digit unit. This is printed by an ordinary printing head 61, which is attached to the housing in proper position for printing. No particular novelty is claimed in the printing head itself, as it is a commercial article.

Also at 61' at Figure 6 is shown a dater. This is a dater with ordinary removable and replaceable type bodies and presents no novelty except in its combination utility.

The several parts shown in the drawings as being movable must have resilient retractive means. The levers 3|, for instance, are retracted by some type of spring arrangement. As shown, a sprocket chain 68 passes over a sprocket 69 and is connected with a spring 1D which in turn is rigidly secured at 1| to a pin or other part carried by the housing.

The tendency of the spring is, therefore, to return the levers 3| from the dotted line position shown at Figure 1, which is the extreme movement to the normal position shown at Figure 1. 4

The inking roller and its accompanying parts must also have some means for returning. Conventionally, this is shown as a lug 12 which is connected to or integral with the plate 68 and a spring 13 is connected, with a pin 14 and yieldingly returning the inkedroller 44 into frictional engagement with the inking roller 43.

Alsoconventionally shown is means for raising the bars 31 and 38. This comprises a spring 15 which is mounted upon a pin 16 rigidly secured to the housing, said spring bearing against a pin 11 upon the bars, and a stop 18 carried by the housing. Mention of printing an audit slip has been made and a character 19 is shown upon the slug 24. As shown at Figure 6, this character is a numeral which may designate to the auditor the particular destination, but it is to be understood that any other type of character is within the scope of the present invention.

Mounted within the base are rollers 88 and 8| carrying an audit strip 82 which passes over a roller 83 in plane with the type bed so that the audit strip 82 bearing upon the roller 83 is in position to receive an impression from the character 19 upon the slug 24.

The roller is provided with a ratchet 84 and a lever 85, fulcrumed coincidentally with the axis of the roller, carries a pawl engaging the ratchet 84. A link 81 is actuated from the pivoting of the links |3, as indicated at 81 of Figure 3. 75;

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2,014,707' In operation, a piece of cardboard of the proper dimension to receive the ticket impression is placed upon the bed I and the drum 22 rotated until the designation of the desired destination is visible through the opening 28, which indicates the proper positioning of the corresponding slug at the bottom of the housing.

The depression ofthe levers3| actuates the cams 33 and 3ft acting upon the bars 3l and 38, depressing one of the slugs to the position shown at 2li at Figure 4. The slug is held in this position by the cam 343 and is in plane with the balance of the form, as shown at Figure 6. This ini- .tial movement also actuates the inking organization in the manner above described, so that the inking roller la is supplied with the necessary ink to apply to the form.

vThe further movement of the levers 3i moves .the stops S2 and 53 into engagement with the inking roller and moves the. inking roller across the form.

The form now contains all the matter shown at Figure 6 or equivalent data it being understood, oi' course, that the data shown upon this form is merely selected `for illustration and that any other matter may be employed in the stead of this form as shown.

Whatever the matter contained upon the printing form the further movement of the lever to the dotted line positionshown at Figure 1 will depress the housing and therewith the already inked form into printing engagement with the ticket upon the bed l5.

This will print, as noted, the xed matter, the

i selected destination data, the date already supplied, and a number serially produced by the actuation of the numbering head in the usual, Wellknovvn manner.

It will also print a designation corresponding to the destination upon the audit slip. The raising ofthe head by means of the springs shown illustratively at it, will permit all of the other springs to return their respective parts and or- `ganizationsto normal, and will reset the numbering head toI print the next consecutive number.

That completes one cycle of operation and the device is now ready to be similarly operated for a subsequent cycle. Y

Of course,.the ticket printing machine herein illustrated may be modified and changed in various Ways Without departing from the invention herein set forth and hereafter claimed.

I claim:-

l. A ticket printing machine comprising a platen, a vertically reciprocable plane form, a drum mounted to rotate ongan axis fixed relative to the form and provided with a plurality of printing slugs longer than and slidable radially in the drum, means Without the drum to move a selected slug into the plane or" the printing form, means to maintain the selected slug in said plane, and means to reciprocate the thus completed form relative to theV platen.

2. A ticket printing machine comprising a platen, a housing, means mounting-the housing for movement toward and from the platen,'a xed printing form carried by the housing in position for coaction with the platen, a drum mounted Within the housing and provided with radial slots, manual means to rotate the drum relative to the housing, slugs mounted in the slots, means to hold the slugs normally yieldingly at an inner position, means to move and hold one of the slugs at the plane of the printingV form, and `means to movethe thus completed form into printing engagement With the'platen.

3. A ticket printing machine, comprising a platen, a housing mounted to vmove toward and from the platen, a xed form carried by the hous- F ing in position for printing. coaction with the platen, a drum mounted to rotate Within the housing and provided with a plurality of radial slots, a slug mounted in each ofthe slots, means to hold the slugs yieldingly at the bottom of said slots, an inking roller, manual means for moving a selected slug into printing position relative to the xed form and to move the inking roller across the thus completed form, said means by continued movement eiecting the movement l5' of the form into printing contact with the platen.

4. In a. ticket printing machine, a housing, a drum mounted to rotate Within the housing and having a plurality of radial slots extending longitudinally throughout said drum, slugs eXtend- T ing at both ends beyond and mounted to slide radially Within the slots, and means tending to hold all of said slugs yieldingly at the bottom of their slots.

5. In a ticket printing machine, a non-rotat- 252 able housing having a plane form Xed thereon,

a drum mounted to rotate upon an axis xed VWithin the housing, said drum being provided With a plurality of radially positioned slots, slugs longer than the drum mounted to slide radially within the slots, means without the drum tending to hold the slugs yieldingly at the bottom of the slots, and means to project one of said slugs against the resistance of its Vholding means into printing planary With the Xed form.

6. In aV ticket printing machine, a rotating drum having a plurality of radial slots, printing slugs extending at both ends beyond and mounted to slide radially within the slots and provided with perforations in the extended ends, and a 4'0;

Vspring band threaded through the perforations of all of said slugs tending to hold said slugs yieldingly at the bottoms o'f their slots. Y,

7. A ticket printing machine comprising a bed proportioned to receive a ticket blank, an audit strip mounted for a step-by-step movement adjacent to said bed, a housing mounted for move- Y ment toward and from said bed and audit strip,V

a drum Within the housing, a form manually rotatable from Without the housing and carrying a i plurality of destination designations positioned for cooperation VWith a bed, and a corresponding Vdesignation positioned for cooperation with the audit strip.

8. A ticket printing machine comprisinga bed 551 proportioned to receive a ticket blank, an audit strip mounted for movementV adjacent toV the position of said ticket blank, a housing mounted for movement toward and from the bed and audit strip, a member mounted within the housing and carrying selective destination type and symbols, Y the type being positioned for engagement With the ticket and the symbol for engagement with the audit strip, and means to move the housing including said destination designations into printing engagement With the ticket and audit strip.

9. A ticket printing machine comprising a bed adapted to receive a ticket, an audit strip mounted Vfor step-by-step movement adjacent'to said 70 bed, a housing mounted for movement toward and from said bed and audit strip, a drum mounted for manual rotation Within the housing and provided With a plurality of radial slots, slugs mounted -for radially sliding movement within said slots, each slug being provided with destination wording and a corresponding index, said index being positioned for engagement with the audit strip and the destination wording with the ticket upon the bed, and means to ink the form, and means to move the inked form into engagement with the ticket and audit strip.

10. A ticket printing machine comprising a iixed printing form, a rotatable member having destination designations adapted for cooperation with the xed form, a lever, means carried by the lever for selectively projecting one of said destination designation members into printing position, an inking organization comprising ink carrying rollers, an inking roller positioned for engagement with one of said carrying rollers and to swing and move across the form, means whereby the movement of the lever rotates the carrying rollers and printing roller and a continued movement swings the inking roller, and means whereby the continued movement of the lever moves the inked form into engagement with an underlying sheet.

11. In a ticket printingmaohine, a printing form, an inking organization comprising ink carrying rollers, a roller movable across said form and normally in engagement with one of the ink carrying rollers, a manually movable part, and means forming frictional engagement between said manually movable part and one of said carrying rollers at the initiation of movement of the manually movable part.

12. In a ticket printing machine, a printing form, an inking organization comprising a truck roller mounted to move across the form and normally in engagement with a second roller, other rollers adapted to carry ink to the truck roller, a lever adapted to be manually actuated to move the form to printing position, means at the initial movement of the lever adapted to frictionally transmit movement to rotate the ink carrying rollers and to pass therefrom and move the inking roller across and to ink the form, and means whereby the continued movement of said lever moves the inked form to printing position.

13. In a ticket printing machine, Aa manual lever, a printing form, an inking organization comprising a plurality of rollers, one of which is adapted to move across the form and others nxedly journaled, means for applying ink to one of said rollers, said roller being provided with a friction member and a ratchet, a lever carrying means for coaction with the friction member of the roller and to move the inking roller across the form, the return movement of said friction part being inoperative by reason of the ratchet.

14. In a ticket printing machine, a printing lform, an organization for inking saidv form, said organization comprising rollers, a fount positioned adjacent to one of the rollers and having a duct bearing against the roller, and means for varying the tension of the fount against the roller.

15. A ticket printing machine comprising, a iixed ticket-supporting platen, a housing mounted to oscillate, a printing form in part fixed to the housing and arranged for printing coaction with the platen when the housing is oscillated to one limit, characters movably mounted Within the housing, and means carried by the movable housing adapted to be manually actuated to selectively move said characters to and iix them in form-completing position.

16. A ticket printing machine comprising, a xed ticket-supporting platen, a housing mounted to oscillate, a printing form in part xed to the housing and arranged for printing coaction with the platen when the housing is oscillated to one limit, characters radially movably mounted within the housing, and means adapted to be manually actuated to selectively move said characters to and fix them in form-completing position.

17. A ticket printing machine comprising, a iixed ticket-supporting platen, a housing mounted to oscillate, a printing form in part fixed to the housing and arranged for printing coaction with the platen when the housing is oscillated to one limit, characters movably mounted within the housing, and means adapted to be manually actuated to selectively move said characters to cooperative position and other means adapted to move and fix them in form-completing position.

18. A ticket printing machine comprising, a xed ticket-supporting platen, a housing mounted to oscillate, a printing form in part xed to the housing and arranged for printing coaction with the platen when the housing is oscillated to one limit, characters radially movably mounted within the housing, and means adapted to be manually actuated to selectively move said characters to cooperative position and other means adapted to move and nx them in form-completing position.

19. In a ticket printing machine, a printing form, an organization for inking said form, said organization comprising a fount having an upstanding wall with an aperture therein, a plurality of interacting rollers one of which bears against said wall and closes said aperture and one of which is adapted to make inking contact with the form, and means exerting variable stress holding said fount resiliently against said closing roller.

DONALD M. THOMSON. 

